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10. Apr. 24. Ayer
Swift, Barbara . Acton
14. July 9. Nashua, N. H. . . Loomer, William E. . Concord
Stewart, Mabel . Acton
15. June 21. Concord . Morse, Leonard Graham . Acton
Napolitano, Minnie . Littleton
16. Feb. 16. Maynard . Murray, John J. . Acton O'Connell, Margaret M. . Acton
17. Sept. 28. Acton . Pareago, Americo J. Durkee, Irma May .
. Maynard
. Acton
18. Nov. 29. Acton Priest, Lloyd William Jones, Dorothy Mabel . Acton
. Maynard
19. Apr. 9. Acton . Sisson, John Pettigrew Wamboldt, Rosanna Arsenault
. Acton
. Acton
20. Sept. 10. Lowell
Smith, Vernon LeRoy . Acton
Dunn, Dorothy Ruth . . Acton
21. Feb. 23. Concord . Stone, Kenneth F. Thatcher, Dorothy M. . Acton
. Marlboro
22. June 28. Maynard . Sundquist, Edwin . Worcester
Freeman, Ina . Acton
23. Mar. 8. Acton Sylvia, Willard Truman Acton
Morison, Mabel Clayton . Acton
24. Nov. 9. Waltham
. Teele, Sumner Joseph Crowe, Marjorie Waltham
. Acton
25. Oct. 12. Concord
Toal. John Joseph . Somerville
Lavelle, Rose . . . Acton
26. Feb. 6. Concord Tompkins, Otho Wilton . Acton
Servais, Olga Julia Acton
27. Sept. 1. Acton . Waterhouse, William H. Great Barrington
Mackenzie, Winifred Elizabeth
. Acton
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Deaths Registered in 1930
No.
Date of Death
Name
Age Yrs. Mos. Days
1. Aug. 29.
Amico, Salvatore
54
·
·
2. Aug. 22.
Brown, James Augustus
76
6
8
3. Jan. 29.
Bumpus, Catherine S.
85
11
25
4. May 6.
Butler, Horace Bert
50
7
14
7.
June 21.
Cook, David
64
8
1
8. Dec. 3.
Crocker, Charles
64
6
9
10.
Oct. 25.
Flagg, Roland Crosby
27
4
10
41. Mar. 11.
Gagnon, Robert S.
13
8
21
12. July 27.
Garceau, Joseph August
4
3
3
13. June 1.
Holton, Charles J.
66
2
25
14. June 12.
Jones, Elizabeth
96
4
8
15. May 20.
Jones, Emma Estella
76
7
21
16. May 7.
King, Ethelyn Lois
19
3
20
17. Feb. 14.
Maker, Elizabeth
72
8
5
18.
Apr. 17.
Marsh, Amelia E.
82
10
5
19.
Nov. 27.
McCarthy, Mary McElligott
69
5
9
20. Apr. 9.
Packard, Marion Inez
67
1
1
21.
Apr. 1.
Parker, George Bethone
92
6
29
23. Dec. 24.
Porter, Alice Eliza
81
1
24
24. Apr. 18.
Pope, Benjamin
72
11
1
25. Feb. 26.
Robbins, Solon A.
82
10
15
26. Apr. 4.
Richardson, Ellen S.
81
4
23
28. May 8.
Schofield, Ronald Dayson
1
5
17
29. Oct. 28.
Schnair, Leah
62
8
10
30.
Sept. 6.
Shapley, Carrie Luella
62
3
1
31.
Oct. 23.
Sheehan, Catherine
81
3
19
32.
Apr. 23.
Spinney, Everett
62
3
26
33. June 6.
Taplin, Guy L. .
50
. .
·
·
34. July 6.
Taylor, William Stearns
36
6
16
35.
Jan. 17.
Turner, George Clinton
86
9
1
36. Feb. 25.
Watson, Joseph
81
4
3
37. July 27.
Whitcomb, Mary Houghton
78
·
·
38. May 25.
Wolff, Herman
59
9
26
39. May 25.
Wolff, Mary Walker
50
5
. .
·
· ·
5. Sept. 12.
Cahill, Michael
72
6. Aug. 24.
Cobleigh, Alfred Jerden
4
16
9. Feb. 23.
Dike, Fanny L.
70
4
· ·
22. Apr. 29.
Penney, John Clovis
78
8
19
27. Feb. 21.
Sanborn, Eunice Loretta
75 ·
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Non-Resident Burials in 1930
No.
Date of Death
Name
Age Yrs. Mos. Days
Place of Death
Place of Burial
1. Nov. 13.
Adams, James Leonard .
50
9
4
Boston . Mt. Hope
2.
Apr. 12.
Brigham, Frank W. .
76
3
20
Clinton
. Woodlawn
3. Apr. 26.
Brown, John Dunton
75
10
24
Concord
. Woodlawn
4. May 1.
Kelley, Marvin
73
Westboro . Mt. Hope
5. Jan. 13.
Bussell, Adoniram Judson 80
Southboro
, Woodlawn
6. June 26.
Gowdy, Grace H.
65
Ashland
. Mt. Hope
7. Mar. 18.
Mason, Alice R.
73
8
Concord
. Woodlawn
8. June 26.
Mead, Louis G.
56
8
23
Boston
Mt. Hope
9. Oct. 9.
Morison, Robert C. 21
4 21
Lexington
. Mt. Hope
10. Feb. 23.
Hosmer, Susan N.
97
Auburndale
Woodlawn
11. May 10.
Pratt, Ellen Dole
84.
8
29
Concord
. Woodlawn
12. Jan. 10.
Reed, Mary A.
86
3
11
Concord
. Woodlawn . Woodlawn
13. Dec. 17.
Rowe, Elizabeth W.
82
10
26
Somerville
14.
Sept. 6.
Starks, Eliza Eudora
69
·
·
Fort Ann, N. Y
.Mt. Hope
15. Nov. 17.
Whitney, Frederick A.
72
7
9
Pepperell
. Mt. Hope
16. Oct. 6.
Wright, George S. .
73
2
24 Boston
. Mt. Hope
·
5
8
·
· ·
. .
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Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1930
Allard, Moses $2.00
Allen, John F. 2.00
Armburg, Fred 2.00
Alt, Julia 2.00
Bancroft, C. A. 5.00
Batchelder, Walter I. 2.00
Baxter, Miriam F. 2.00
Bedford, Mrs. A. E. . 2.00
Bennett, L. W. 2.00
Berglind, Edward E. . 2.00
Berglind, John E. 2.00
Berry, James N. 2.00
Berry, Ethel M. 5.00
Blaisdell, Lucile 2.00
Blanchard. Webster S. 2.00
Bondelvitch, Walter . 4.00
Booker. John 7.00
Bowen. Robert M. 2.00
Bowman, Herbert E. 2.00
Bradford. F. W. R. 2.00
Bradbury, Rolfe 4.00
Brothen, Arne 5.00
Brill, Fred E. 2.00
Brown, J. A. 2.00
Brown, Robert
2.00
Brown, Evelyn L. 2.00
Bulette, Frank W. 2.00
Busch, Edward 2.00
Butler, Mrs. H. B. 2.00
Caldwell, Hazel 2.00
Caldwell, Margaret 2.00
Cahill, William 2.00
Chaffin, Nancy S. 4.00
Charter. W. W. 2.00
Charles. Florence F. 2.00
Cheney. Edward 2.00
Christofferson, Allen M 2.00 Clark. O. L. 2.00
Claflin. Leon N. 2.00
Clifford, Albert
2.00
Condon, Timothy
2.00
Conant, Charlotte
2.00
Coombs, George J. 2.00
Costello. Edward 5.00
Coughlin, Genevieve E. 2.00
Coughlin, Harold J.
6.00
Greeley Estate 2.00
Crocker, Charles 2.00
Curley, Thomas 2.00
Davis, Charles E. .14.00
Davis, Wendell F. 5.00
Davis, H. S. 4.00 Davis, Warren A. & Son 5.00 Densmore, Joseph A. . 4.00 DeSousa, Joseph J. . . 2.00 DiGiacomandrea, Nico- lo 5.00
Drummond, Thomas F. 2.00 Durkee, C. A. 5.00
Durkee. Raymond F. . 2.00
Duren, Delta B. 2.00 Edney, Charles F. 2.00
Enneguess, Michael 4.00
Evans, John H. 7.00 Farrar. Frank B. 2.00
2.00
Ferguson, Robert C. 2.00
Fisher, Charles 2.00
Finan, Bertha C. 5.00
Flagg, Alden 4.00
Fletcher, Charlie J. 2.00
Fletcher, John L. 7.00
Foley, Patrick 2.00
Freeman, Mathew 4.00
Freeman, Richard 5.00
French, C. H. 2.00
Frost. Alan B.
5.00
Fullonton. L. T. 2.00
Gallant. Mildred 4.00
Gallant, Minnie P
2.00
Gagnon, John B.
2.00
Garceau. Jean B.
5.00
Gibbs, Harriet E.
2.00
Goodwin, Martin F. 2.00
Green, Catherine 2.00
Griffin, Franklin E. 7.00
Hall, Mary F. 2.00
Harrison, B. M. 6.00
Hart, Mrs. Nelson 2.00
Harvey, Lucretia H. 7.00
Hayes, Michael G. 4.00
Haynes, Albert L. 2.00
Hayward, George K. 2.00
Hicks, Albert J. 2.00
Hilliard. John A.
2.00
Holbrook. F. A. 4.00
Holden, F. H. 2.00
Howard. Clarence R. . 2.00
Farrar. J.
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Howe, Leonard 2.00
Howe, O. H. . 2.00
Hurley, James J. 2.00
Jalonen, Arthur 4.00
Jensen, Peter 2.00
Jones, A. C. 2.00
Jones, Howard F. 2.00
Jones, Hugh M.
2.00
Jones, Warren H.
2.00
Kane, Walter E.
2.00
Kasokas, William 7.00
Kelley, Julia T.
2.00
King, Benjamin
4.00
Kilmartin, W. T. 25.00
Knowlton, Samuel E. . 2.00
Laffin, Ormal S. R. 2.00
Laffin, Sidney 7.00
LaRoche, Arthur 6.00
Larsen, Jorgen 5.00
Lears, William 2.00
LeClare, Omar 2.00
Littlefield, Ralph
2.00
Livermore, W. J. 7.00
Lowden, E. Philip
2.00
Marsh, A. W. .
2.00
MacGregor, Stuart 2.00
Mackinnon, F. R. 2.00
Mason, Roger
6.00
Massie, William, Jr. 2.00
Mayell, Ruth . 2.00
Maynes, Everett M. 2.00
McCarthy, Leo 5.00
McGovern, John 2.00
McLaughlin, Joseph 2.00
Mel, Eleanor 4.00
Merriam, Harold 2.00
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F. 4.00
Montague, Everett N. . 2.00
Morse, Leonard
2.00
Morrison, Frederick D 10.00
Munn, William 2.00
Murgatroyd, James 9.00
Newell, Dorothy 2.00
Newell, L. F. 2.00
Noterman, Emile 5.00
Olsen, Peter, Jr. 2.00
O'Neil, James 5.00
Packard, James M. 2.00
Paskiewicz, Stanley 2.00
Pederson, John 5.00
Penney, D. F. 4.00
Penney, John 2.00
Penniman, Leonard 2.00
Perkins A. Hazelton 2.00
Perry, Antonio 2.00
Phillips, Andrew 2.00
Pope, Bessie N. 6.00
Porter, Fannie T. 4.00
Powers, Edwin L.
2.00
Pratt, Edward F. 2.00
Pratt, Herbert T. 2.00
Price, Louise M.
4.00
Rafuse, Edith M. 2.00
Rawitzer, William
4.00
Rayner, Dorothy 2.00
Reed, G. Howard 10.00
Reed, Otis J. 2.00
Reid, Robert A. 3d 2.00
Reynolds, Arthur 2.00
Reynolds, Harold R. . 2.00
Reynolds, Jesse C. . 2.00
Richardson, Geo. A. 2.00
Roche, Francis B. 5.00
Robbins, Freeman W. 2.00
Robbins, Paul G. 2.00
Russell, Emma F. 2.00
Rugg, George 2.00
Sanborn, Everett R. 2.00
Sawyer, Benjamin H. 2.00 Schofield, Harris C. .. 5.00 Scott, T. A. 4.00
Sebastian, Josephine E. 2.00
Shapley, Eva C. 2.00
Sherman, Gladys 2.00
Sherman, Jacob 5.00
Sisson, George T. . 12.00
Smith, Ralph 2.00
Soar, Henry 2.00
Spinney, E. R. 2.00 Spinney, Alice L. 2.00
Starck, Cecil 2.00
. Stearns, Margery E. 2.00
Stevens, Woodburg 2.00
Stiles, Frank L. 5.00
Stokes, William 2.00
Stoney, Mrs. Reginald 2.00
Swanson, Oscar 2.00
Sylvia, E. W. 2.00
Taylor, Spencer H. 2.00
Todd, Ethel 10.00
Terrio, Ephraim
5.00
MacGregor, Ida 2.00
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Tolman, Wilbur 5.00
Watkins, John H. ... 4.00
Tracy, Alfred
2.00 Weaver, George T. . . 25.00
Tripp, Horatio W. 2.00 Whitcomb, Fred S. .. 4.00
Tucker, George S., Jr. 2.00 Whitney, Cora A. 2.00
Tucker, Lawrence I. . 2.00
Willett, Charles E. 2.00
Turner, George C. 2.00
Wise, Glenna 2.00
Tuttle, George F. 2.00
Wood, Mrs. H. L.
2.00
Tuttle, Horace C. 2.00 Wood, Oliver D. 2.00
Vila, Maud 2.00 Woodworth, Randall N. 2.00
Waite, F. A. 5.00
Young, David E. 2.00
229 licenses at $2.00
$458.00
41 licenses at $5.00
205.00
2 licenses at $25.00
50.00
Deduct fees-272 licenses at 20c each
54.40
$658.60
Due county treasurer, 1929 account 10.20
$668.80
May 21, 1930-Paid county treasurer $167.40 Nov. 15, 1930-Paid county treasurer 499.60
Dec. 31, 1930-Due county treasurer 1.80
$668.80
NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1930.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk ..
$713.00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Year Ending December 31, 1930
Cash on hand
$18,656.26
Received from State Treasurer :
Income of Mass. School fund
1,909.84
Income tax, 1929
650.00
Tuition of children
151.76
Income tax, 1929
266.30
Income tax B, 1929
286.58
Income tax P. S., 1929
.63
National Bank tax, 1927
.31
National Bank tax, 1929
.27
Trust Co. tax, 1928
.25
Loss of land taxes
463.00
Shirley School, hose reel
14.70
Corporation tax P. S.
798.73
Corporation tax, business
3,998.40
Income tax
12,000.00
Income tax, educational
3,610.00
National Bank tax
110.25
Trust Company tax
131.37
State aid
246.00
Veterans exemption
25.46
Corporation tax P. S., 1930
14.87
Corporation tax, business
624.16
Highway department
797.29
Highway department
1,500.00
Highway department
370.00
Highway department
1,000.00
Highway department
1,086.04
Highway department
1,600.00
Highway department
1,130.00
Highway department
2,313.96
Highway department
4,300.00
County treasurer :
Dog tax
538.19
Highway department
628.63
Highway department
168.66
Highway department
370.00
Military aid
15.00
Corporation tax P. S., 1929
.24
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Highway department
1,000.00
Highway department 1,086.04
Highway department 1,130.00
Highway department 2,313.96
Highway department
1,600.00
Miscellaneous receipts :
H. F. Tuttle, cemetery lots 45.00
F. W. Greene, cemetery lots 20.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 57.57
Boston & Maine Railroad, use of roller 36.00
Director of Standards
8.00
Insurance, rebate on roller
6.75
Fanny Polep, tax acct.
546.12
H. C. Holland, adv.
2.20
Boston & Maine Railroad, grass fires
122.55
J. E. Starbuck, old watering trough
10.00
Geo. W. Daniels Estate .
44.30
F. Stewart & Son, use of roller 10.00
F. W. Green, loam sold
31.50
F. W. Green, rent of lowering device
36.00
Town of Concord, Nagog tax acct.
25.12
First National Bank, Ayer, loan
25,000.00
Nurses collections
236.50
Library, fines
70.75
Bank interest, Ayer
235.67
Court fines ( Middlesex Central)
533.50
First National Bank, Ayer, loan
20,000.00
Hall rent
189.00
School tuition, Boxboro
2,516.19
School tuition, Framingham
141.75
School tuition, Hamilton
12.21
Licenses for pasturizing milk
20.00
Alcohol licenses
12.00
Licenses, Selectmen
42.00
John W. Healy fund, transfer
233.70
Cemetery account, transfer
1,403.75
Cemetery surplus account, transfer
83.50
Library account, transfer
588.80
19th of April account, transfer
119.95
L. Blanchard fund, transfer 30.50
First National Bank, Ayer, loan
25,000.00
Edison Electric Ill. Co., rebate 19.38
$125,739.15
Received of Chas. A. Durkee. collector:
1928 taxes
$15,451.58
1929 taxes 16,996.72
1930 taxes
53,251.20
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1929 Excise taxes
2,024.67
1930 Excise taxes
5,468.54 162.50
Bank interest 1927 interest
5.95
$93,361.16
Total $237,758.57
Paid selectmen's orders
219,866.34
Balance on hand $17,892.23
FRANK W. HOIT,
Treasurer.
Outstanding Notes and Bonds
Note No. 100, Lowell road, due July, 1931 . $2,000.00
Note No. 105, Fire House, due October, 1931. . 700.00
Note No. 109, Lowell road, due Nov., 1931 700.00 .
Note, Anticipation revenue, due Dec., 1931
25,000.00
High School bonds, due 1931 5,000.00
High School bonds, due 1932 to 1945
40,000.00
Elizabeth White Fund
Principal fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended balance 3,033.88
Received interest :
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
100.00
Athol Savings bank
95.20
Amherst Savings bank
100.00
Andover Savings bank
100.00
Marlboro Savings bank
100.00
Waltham Savings bank
100.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
100.00
North Middlesex Savings
100.00
Middlesex Savings bank
100.00
Lowell Inst. Savings
90.00
East Cambridge Savings
100.00
Lawrence Savings bank
95.00
Worcester North Savings
50.00
Athol Savings, accumulated interest
8.33
Trustees order No. 85, returned
75.00
Trustees order No. 90, part returned
140.00
Assabet Inst. for Savings
109.29
$29,596.70
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Paid trustees orders
$1,250.00
Cash Athol Savings bank
2,000.00
Andover Savings bank
2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings
2,000.00
East Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
Marlboro Savings
2,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent
2,000.00
Lawrence Savings
2,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
2,000.00
Amherst Savings .
2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent
2,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent
2,000.00
Lowell Inst. for Savings
2,000.00
Worcester North Savings
1,000.00
Hudson Savings, income
1,000.00
Assabet Inst. for Savings, income
2,346.70
$29,596.70
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Cemetery Funds
Principal funds
$33,641.65
Unexpended balance 4,140.50
$37,782.15
Transferred to Luke Blanchard fund
$1,325.81
$36,456.34
Received for perpetual care :
Jonathan P. Fletcher lot
$100.00
Adelbert Mead lot
200.00
L. U. Holt lot
100.00
William S. Jones lot
100.00
Moses Taylor lot
150.00
Clarence N. Goward lot
100.00
John Sherman Hoar lot
100.00
Edwin M. Wheeler lot
100.00
William F. Hale lot
100.00
Abram H. Jones lot
100.00
Thomas J. Owen lot
50.00
Asaph Merriam lot
100.00
Agnes J. Nagle lot
100.00
George W. Holbrook lot
100.00
Tena Bassett Merrill lot
100.00
$1,600.00
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Income from interest on:
Water bonds
$174.00
Warren Inst. for Savings
109.17
Home Savings bank
50.00
East Cambridge
100.00
Boston Five Cent
95.00
Suffolk Savings
135.00
Worcester North Savings
100.00
Worcester Five Cent
75.00
Marlboro Savings
50.00
Charlestown Five Cent
75.00
Charlestown Five Cent
75.00
Charlestown Five Cent
12.50
Charlestown Five Cent
15.00
Athol Savings
18.19
No. Middlesex Savings
103.26
Maynard Trust Co.
163.25
Middlesex Inst. for Savings
144.36
Central Savings, Lowell
45.50
Assabet Inst. for Savings
221.64
Assabet Inst. for Savings
36.30
$1,798.17
Transferred to surplus acct.
$276.37
$1,521.80
$39.578.14
Paid cash :
Town of Acton, care of lots
$1,403.75
Lowell Central Savings
1,000.00
Middlesex Inst. for Savings
2,875.00
No. Middlesex Institution
2,200.00
Maynard Trust Co.
3,228.96
Assabet Inst. for Savings
728.25
Warren Inst. for Savings
2,200.00
East Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
Marlboro Savings 1,000.00
2,000.00
Worcester North Savings
2,000.00
Home Savings bank
1,000.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Suffolk Savings
3,000.00
Athol Savings
1,050.00
W & S. Water District bonds
4,200.00
Hudson Savings
450.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Boston Five Cent Savings
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Charlestown Five Cent Savings
300.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Assabet Inst. for Savings
4,192.18
Cemetery Surplus Account
Principal fund
$667.29
Assabet Inst. for Savings, interest
32.79
Transferred from cemetery account
276.37
$976.45
Paid :
Town of Acton
$83.50
Cash :
892.95
$976.45
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Principal
$1,325.81
Received :
Warren Inst. for Savings
2.93
Warren Inst. for Savings
1.97
Mass. Savings bank
39.68
Charlestown Five Cent
11.53
Charlestown Five Cent
5.17
$1,387.09
Paid :
Town of Acton, care of lots Cash :
$30.50
Warren Inst. for Savings
82.90
Mass. Savings bank
975.64
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
214.89
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
83.16
$1,387.09
FRANK W. HOTT, Treasurer.
Nineteenth of April Fund
$322.14
Middlesex Inst. for Savings, interest
16.30
$338.44
Paid : Town of Acton Cash : Middlesex Inst. for Savings
$119.95
218.49
$338.44
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Principal fund
250.00
$39,578.14
Assabet Inst. for Savings
40
Fireman's Relief Fund
Principal fund
$454.56
Middlesex Inst. for Savings, interest 22.98
$477.54
Cash Middlesex Inst. for Savings $477.54
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Principal fund
$9,000.00
Susan Augusta & Luther Conant fund 1,000.00
Hiram J. Hapgood fund
200.00
Luke Tuttle fund
200.00
John W. Heald fund
1,050.70
Unexpended balance
158.36
Received interest :
Home Savings bank
$50.00
Middlesex Inst. for Savings
50.63
Lowell City Inst. for Savings
45.50
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
151.88
Mass. Savings bank .
48.06
Warren Inst. for Savings
101.25
Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Heald fund
40.78
West Shore Railroad bond
40.00
Maynard Trust Co.
28.13
$12,165.29
Paid :
Town of Acton, Heald fund
$233.70
Town of Acton, Book account Cash :
588.80
Home Savings bank
1,000.00
Middlesex Inst. for Savings
1,000.00
Lowell City Inst. for Savings
1,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
3,000.00
Mass. Savings bank .
1,000.00
Warren Inst. for Savings
2,000.00
Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Heald fund
817.00
West Shore Railroad bond
1,000.00
Maynard Trust Co.
400.00
Maynard Trust Co., balance
125.79
$12,165.29
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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GOODNOW FUND For the Year Ending Dececmber 31, 1930
INVESTMENTS
Warren Insitution for Savings $1,409.20
Charlestown Five Cents Savings bank 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell 1,000.00
RECEIPTS
$1,409.20
Warren Institution for Savings
$69.80
Charlestown Five Cents Savings bank
50.00
City Institution for Savings 45.00
PAYMENTS
$164.80
Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evangelical church in Acton
$125.00
Fred W. Green, care of Goodnow lot, Wood- lawn cemetery 10.00
Added to savings deposit
29.80
$164.80
CHARLOTTE CONANT, CHARLES E. SMITH, HORACE F. TUTTLE, Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
·
The trustees have signed orders to the treasurer for twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00) for the year ending December 31, 1930.
These orders have been given after investigating and finding each person to be needy and worthy of help from this trust fund.
Respectfully submitted, WARREN H. JONES, WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY, WALDO E. WHITCOMB, Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Buildings, exclusive of land .. . $2,439,500.00 Land
721,045.00
Personal 568,860.00
$3,729,405.00
Valuation, April 1, 1930 $3,590,316.00
Increase in valuation $139,089.00
Rate of taxation $22.40.
Tax assessed as follows :
Real estate
$70,796.20
Personal estate
12,742.50
Polls 1,666.00
$85,204.70
Amount of money raised :
State tax $3,500.00
State highway tax 1,573.20
Snow removal tax
388.33
County tax
5,283.64
County tuberculosis tax 340.86
Town grant 71,664.50
Overlay 2,454.17
$85,204.70
December assessment :
Land
$550.00
$550.00
Tax assessed as follows :
Real estate $12.32
Polls 28.00
$40.32
Number of motor vehicles assessed, 1,127.
Total valuation of motor vehicles $380,100.00
Rate of taxation, $29.12.
Total tax assessed $8,512.34
.
WARREN H. JONES, ALBERT P. DURKEE, HENRY L. HAYNES, Assessors.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submith my report of work done in your town last year, outside of the ordinary maintenance, such as scraping, dragging, surface repairs and packing.
Work done other than general maintenance :
Surface treatment of 45 percent asphaltic oil applied on the following streets: Arlington, Central, Chadwick, Davis road, Davis terrace, Brooks, Liberty, Main, Martin, Maple, Pope, Prospect, Quimby, School (S. A.), School (W. A., Stow, Strawberry Hill, Willow, High, Hosmer, Wright ter- race, Nagog Hill road, Maple avenue, Woodbury lane, Tay- lor, Harris, Church, Winsor avenue, Sudbury road, Ester- brook road.
Surface treatment with tarvia B, Concord road, Mass. ave- nue, Pearl street, Winsor avenue, Central street, School street (S. A.)
Surface treatment with 85 percent asphaltic: Central street.
Other work done:
High street-1375 feet gravel.
Sudbury road-550 feet gravel.
Concord street-990 feet gravel.
Parker street-1250 feet gravel.
Wetherbee street-350 feet gravel.
Pope road-1400 feet gravel.
Strawberry Hill-400 feet gravel.
Esterbrook road-500 feet gravel. Davis road-500 feet gravel. Carlisle road-1100 feet gravel. Harris street-800 feet gravel. Maple avenue-400 feet gravel. Taylor street-1400 feet gravel.
Martin street-300 feet gravel. Nashoba road-800 feet gravel. Charter road-350 feet gravel. Elm street-100 feet gravel.
Prospect street-400 feet gravel.
Winsor avenue-600 feet gravel.
Fort Pond road-200 feet gravel.
Respectfully submitted,
A. H. PERKINS, Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH For the Year Ending December 31, 1930
Burial permits issued in Acton 32
Burial permits of non-residents 16
Burial permits of residents who died in other towns .. 9
List of contagious diseases reported by Board of Health January 1, 1930, to January 1, 1931 :
Measles
7
Chicken pox 4
Tuberculosis 1
12
Deaths None
Your board would recommend that $1,000.00 be appro- priated for the use of the board for the present year.
ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH. C. A. DURKEE, Agent.
HEALTH NURSE
To the Board of Health :
Fees collected $236.50
Number of Metropolitan cases 208
Number of John Hancock calls 21
Number of town calls 165
Number of non-pay calls 240
Number of Child Welfare calls 400
Number of Social Service calls
320
Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN E. FROST, R. N.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report of arrests made for the year ending December 31, 1930 :
Drunkenness 14
Drunkenness and operating under the influence of liquor 2
Accessory to abortion 1
Non-support 1
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Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL FOLEY, Chief of Police.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Acton :
I herewith submit my report as inspector of animals for the year 1930:
Cows 438
Young cattle 152
Swine 377
Sheep
16
Goats
7
Bulls
18
Quarantined six cows for tuberculosis. Quarantined seven dogs under suspicion for rabies.
Respectfully submitted, FRED S. WHITCOMB, Inspector.
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Acton : I herewith submit my report for the year 1930 : Inspected : Cattle 4
Hogs
7
Sheep 13
Veals 52
Respectfully submitted, JAMES KINSLEY, Inspector.
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EXTENSION SERVICE
The following is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service as developed in the town of Acton for the year 1930.
In agriculture, a large number of requests were received for help with individual problems, 68 of these visits being made. Assistance has been given the County Poultry Asso- ciation which has held its meetings in the town of Acton. Judges were furnished the Acton fair and the assistance of the agents given wherever desired. A spray equipment demonstration meeting was held at the farm of Ralph Piper and attended by a large number of local people.
Four groups of homemakers represented Acton in Exten- sion Service work during the year. Eighty different women were enrolled in the study of the greater use of vegetables and finished the project 100 percent. These women in turn passed on the information to 371 homemakers who were unable to attend the meetings. Mrs. Stuart Allen, Mrs. Eugene Hall, Mrs. Charles Edney and Mrs. E. H. Hallowell assisted greatly in the development of these projects. A large number of local women were also interested in the improvment of home grounds and several meetings were held in this project. A specialist from the Massachusetts Agricultural College assisted in a community project in West Acton. A small group of homemakers from Acton at- tended a series of meetings in child guidance held in the town of Westford.
In Boys' and Girls' 4-H club work 52 were enrolled in garden, clothing, poultry, handicraft and food clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edney, Mrs. R. P. Stoney and Miss Edith Taylor served as local leaders. Wallace Sims was awarded first prize in the Middlesex North Agricultural Society garden contest and also received second prize in the county- wide contest. James Edney won prizes in poultry judging at the Boston Poultry Show. Joseph Perry, Dorothy Coombs, Mary Ward and Alfred Gilbert were awarded a Two Day Trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural College for doing outstanding club work. Local boys and girls attended the Bedford rally of 4-H club members and "The Square Work- ers Handicraft Club" won three of the six special ribbons awarded. The junior department of the Acton Fair was assisted in a general way and the boys and girls made this one of the largest exhibits ever held at the fair.
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